Advertising-machine.



C. H..KING,'JR. ADVERTISING MACHINE.l

APPLICATION FILED Planas, 1911.

1,002,588, y V Patented sept. 5,1911.

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C. H. KING, JR.

ADVERTISING MACHINE. APPLICATION IILBD Plums, 1011.

Patented sept. 5', 1911.

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'0.4 H. KING, JR. 4ADVERTISINGDLLAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-25, 1911.

I Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

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"i da rarnn'r orribili CHARLES H. KXNG, JR., F OAKLAND, CALIFRNIA.

AD VEIRTISNGr-MACHINE.

Speeceton o Letters Patent.

Application filed February 25, 1911. Serial No. 610,960.-

sioi/n 'it @may concern:

le n' lrnmvn 'that l "imanes H. Kino, Jr., ot the United States, residing at .u the county olf' Alameda and torina, have invent-ed new and .'oven'lents in `Advertis1nglvla which the following is a specilica* ventina relates to an automatic admachine, and has for its object to auton'iatie, reliable, self-con ice adapted to accommodate a number if -zlilllnfont sheets or wings for disietures, ete., and to provide the advertising signs ma y be eadily` renim'ed and inserted.

1 i invention consists oit the parts and the ation and canistruction ot'parts as more fully described and f brina-vi,7 ha ving reference to the accon'ipanyin which-- 'f'a le elevafion partly in a liront elevation. Fig 8 is rien brolrtn iway showing the lligg; fl a modification. ot member. Fig. is an eny perspective showingl the embodies a suitable vtranie i. nitty be incl iid in an ainn'opriato M o, and transversely journaled upon tho traine F2 is a lined bar or axle l, upon are loosely mounted a iiilurality ot strong wings 5, provioed with arms hubs| (l, embracing the axle f-lr. The are afilapted to swirng` in a continerele about the axle d in regular sucf sion at suitable intervals, and are carried zifnmiwl-y in succession by means of a tlexible aettnitnr7 here shown as a sprocket chain driven by a driving` sprocket wheel 8, nmunted upon a shaft 9 in suitable bearings on the traino 2, and may be transmit-ted by any appropriate train al gears. as l0, deriving their power from a miall electric motor or other prime mover 'l ".7 moin/ned adiacent the bottom ol the easing" l. lirom the rear ot the driving .Hin-octet wheel 8 the chain passes nlnvardly owr n direction pulley l2. thence horizontally forward oyor another idle pulley 'l-l, from which it il; hul buclmvardly in a somicireiilar are torn I by the extremities ot a number it im" l collected wings 5v1 and troni the end o'' the semicircular .7' it 'passes over a. guide to which shaft .0f power.

pulley backwardly to the driving sprocket l wheel 8. At suitable predetermined spaces upon the sprocketchain 7 are fastened projeetions 14, adapted to engage the lower side of the outer edge of the swinging wings and carry the latter upwardly about their axle 4. as the chain 7 is driven.' Adjacent the upper portion of the semicircular stretch of: the actuating` chain 7, there is pivoted an automatic latch l5, having -a ooncaved cam surface 1G, against which the outer edges of the wings 5 are successively adapted to ride as the wings are brought into vertical position above the axle t. Upon the outer portion of the latch is formed a depending hook 17, adapted to restrain the foremost ot the swinging wings 5 from fallingl forwardly about the axle 4 until released 4by the following;` wing 5, which will lift the latch l5 agaii'ist the tension of a spring 18 pivot/ed at 19 lo the trame As the latch 'l5 is actuated by one ofthe cl'iain-inipelled wings 5, it will litt sufficiently to release the .toren'iost wing;` vertically above the axle 4, and this released wing will fall forwardly about Ithe axle-in an arc of approximately 1800, swinging across a vertically disposed locking bolt 20, resiliently supported upon a 'lower portionof'the frame. and latched with or upon 'each wing-5, thus -avoidii'ig the use ot any separate-actuzjtting devices. In the present instance this means comprises a resilient tongue-21 formed in each of the wings 5,v and which tongues are so shaped that the two swinging Wingswhich are substantially vertical above the-axle 4; will be thrust apart from one another by reason of the engagement of the springl tonguesl of the wings 5. As the actuating` chain 7 moves the uppermost wing 5 forwardly, causing it to litt the latch 15, it will be momentarily resi rained by the depending point/17 of the latch, andthe next following wing 5 will move forwardly so that the spring tongues 21 of these two Wings will abu-'taand become compressed so that the moment the latch l5 is lifted sufficiently by the. second vertical l the present invention is that when a pair of wing the foremost wing 5 will be projected forwardly vby the resiliency of its tongue 21.

Having 4thus described in general the operating mechanism of my machine, refer- .encewill now be made to the advertising mediums which I employ and which consist of Va @timber of removable, renewable and interchangeable sheets 22, which are of a length approximately equal tothe dialn- .eter of the circle .through which the swingingwings 5' move about the axle 4,and which may be of any width as determined bythe length of each wing 5. These sheets 22 may be attached upon each side of the adjacent pairs of wings 5, so as to present flat planes to the fr on't of the machine when the' adjacent pairs'of wings to which the sheets are-attached are opened about the axle 4. A suitablemeans for removably attaching the sheets 22, upon which may be suitably printed, imposed, or otherwise formed advertising matter, to the adjacent faces 'of the wings 5, comprises clips or clamping members 23, adapted to be passed over the outer longitudinal edge of a wing j and bindthe stretched sheets 22 thereon,

and in order to'preventthe accidental displacement of the clips 23 thesefmay be provided with curved slots 24 at suitable intervals, "adapted to-be passed overslight projections or pins 25 secured adjacent the outer edge of each wing.

An important feature of thev present invention `is ,the means to insure the advantageous folding of the sheets.v 22 between the adjacent faces of the several wings 5 as the latter swing into juxtaposition when released from their vertical positions above the axle 4. -This means is here shown as comprising loops 26 of appropriate material which are'secured upon the back of the -advertising sheet-s 22, and which loops4 are adapted to be passed over bars 27 which are formed in or secured tothe wings 5 'near' their transverse edges, and .there are also provided' other loops 28 adapted to .be passed'over the resilient tongues 27 formed upon the several Wings 5. By means of these loops 26 and 27, positioned as they are, `the former about one-fourth of the ength of the paper from their ends, and the latter at about one-third the length of the sheet from the other end, the paper or other material of which" the sheets 22 may be vthe areaof the advertising sheet 22, and

` this prevents the-cramping and crimping of the folded sl'ieets.` as they pass upwardly upon the actuating chain 7.v

An important and' distinctive feature 'in adjacent wings, upon which is fastened acontinuous advertising sheet, have been o Yened on oneside of the axle 4, the sheet will be fully distended and the lower locking bolt will hold the lowermost wing suiiiciently to cause the uppermost and foremost wing 5 tol advance against the retaining hook, thusstretching the advertising sheet -until itissmooth.

It will benoticed in Fig. lthat the twow foremost wings above and below the axle.4 'stand forward ata slight angle and holdv the sheet 22 in the position of a chord of an arc of a few degree less than a half circle whose center isthe axle 4.

In Fig. 4 is shown a modification of sheet clip in the form of lspring leaves23 attached adjacent to the outer edge of each wing 5. i,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Paltent, is-

1. An advertising device comprisin a suitable frame, a plurality of indepen ent wings, a horizontal axle upon which said wings are loosely mounted, means forearrying said -wings upwardly aboutl said axle, means for retaining adjacent pairs of: said wings in an open position on one side of the axle, and iexible advertising mediums each attached to opposite sides of adjacent pairs of wings.

2. An advertising device comprising an incased frame, a horizontal axle .su ported upon saidlframefa plurality of independent wings mounted upon said axle, advertising sheets each attached to opposite sides of adjacent pairs of wings, and means for carrying said wings upwardly,- said means including an actuating chain having a plur'alityof spaced projections adapted to lift successive wings. 4

'3. An advertising device comprising a suitable frame,.a horizontal axle mounted upon said frame, a plurality of advertisement-supporting wings, a sprocket chain passing over the outer ends of the wings having projections to extend under the lower sides of said outer ends for lifting.

suitable frame, an axle mounted upon said frame, a plurality of advertiseme supporting wings, means for liftin sa'` wings on one side of the axle, means 01` tempora- 4. An advertisingdevi'ce comprising a` rily sustaining Jche successive wings in a l upon therear side of ille advertising mever'nical position above said axle, said means l dinn'i and adapted to be threaded over the comprising a spring-actuated latch-adapted receiving devices formed upon said wings.

ilo be lifted to release a restrained Wing by a In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 15 following Wing, said means being provided i my hand in the presence of vtwo subscribing 'with resilient devices whereby a released l witnesses.

Wing may loe automatically projected forwardly by the following Wing, receiving devices on said wings and means for securing an advertising medium upon said wings, said means including suitable loops secured CHARLES vH. KING, Jn.

Witnesses F.1d. MAYNARD, JOHN H. I-Ininame. 

